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A motorcyclist escaped death when he was struck by a small plane attempting to make an emergency landing on a highway in the southwestern Colombian province of Valle del Cauca.
The near-tragic accident took place Sunday moments after Federico Gómez had taken off from Santa Ana Airport in the city of Cartago.
Gómez noticed that the engine on his Raptor Scott was shutting down and was losing altitude, according to Cartago Fire Department second lieutenant Jairo Bernal.
He tried to land along a stretch of the Panamericana Highway, which links Cartago and the municipality of Ansermanuevo, when the private plane plowed into the motorcyclist.
Paramedics treat a motorcyclist moments after he was knocked of his motorcycle by a small plane that was attempting to make an emergency landing on a highway near Santa Ana Airport in Cartago, Colombia, on Sunday. The pilot, Federico Gómez, and the motorcyclist were taken to an area hospital. Gómez was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and is home recovering. The biker remains
